Digital Photography

Watch the following screencast for a great demonstration on what layers are and how they are used in graphics programs. The demonstration is done using Adobe Photoshop, but the concept of layers is exactly the same in Pixlr.



Click HERE to watch a screencast about how to use layers in pixlr and see a cool tutorial of how layers can work for you.

Sometimes, you want to just work on a certain layer, or you want to turn off a layer so that your image isn't so cluttered. That is what is great about using layers, because it is so easy to move things around, temporarily turn things off, and rearranging the stacking order of elements on your image!

Next to each layer in your layers palette, you will see a little checkbox. Clicking on that checkbox will turn that layer's visibility ON or OFF. In this case, the layer have both been turned on, so they are both showing:


Remember: You can only work on a layer that is selected in the layers palette. In the example above, Layer 0 is selected. I need to go click on the background copy layer in order to work on that layer.


Watch the following screencast about transparency and how transparency can affect layers. The example in the screencast is in a graphics program called Phoenix but the concept is the same in Pixlr.